Welcome to another First Impression Friday. In case this is your first time, here’s the rundown:
• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.
• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?
• Link back to Storeys of Stories so I can enjoy reading all the First Impression Fridays out there!
This is my first ever buddy read with Taylor @ Nerd Narration. So far, I’m diggin it!
Maybe it’s the hype surrounding this book, or how much I enjoyed Illuminae and Gemina, but me and this book got off on the wrong foot.
The plot seems a little convoluted and maybe even directionless in the beginning. And the footnotes! OH THE FOOTNOTES!
I don’t mind the short ones that are tossing in something funny or thought-provoking, but many of them are like wiki entries. Interesting stuff, to be sure, but when it’s really long it’s pulling me away from the story for that entire time. Sometimes in the middle of a sentence.
Even so, I know the people who love this book wouldn’t steer me wrong and I’ve been assured that it gets better. Which I believe. Not only because I trust the opinions of these people, but also because through these early faults, I can see the seeds of something pretty awesome. Now I just have to wait for the rain and watch them grow.
My Prediction: 4 stars
This one has been on my list for a while. I’ve heard really good things about it. I need to try to get to this one before the end of the year.
Hope it does end up being a 4 star for you.
The plot seems a little convoluted and maybe even directionless in the beginning…. I may have to steal this line. I was reading a book this week and just could not get into it. Then I read what you wrote and ‘light bulb’. Lol. That’s exactly how I felt have the first 100 pages of my book.
I loved this book but its definitely got that crazy Jay Kristoff feel to it. I found the footnotes to be mostly funny and not that disruptive, but I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts😊
Bwahahaha yes your cousin will be over the moon knowing you are reading this one Joe!!!!
I agree with you about the footnotes! I actually stopped reading them and I’m glad I did.
I considered doing that, but I’m paranoid I’ll miss something!
LOL, well what I felt I was reading didn’t add more to the story for me. It felt more distracting, like you said. I hope I didn’t miss anything important!
For my First First Impression Friday I did Nevernight too!! I also was put off by the first couple chapters… And all the info dumping in the footnotes is annoying. I LOVE the cat that isn’t a cat though… for her I will read on! <3
A certain Bionic Book Worm IS excited! I can’t wait to hear what you thought of it once you’re finished!!!
I’ve been seeing this book pop up again on a lot of the blogs I follow recently. One of the reasons I’d written it off when it debuted is because of reviews about how it’s written, like it reads like the author’s trying too hard to be unusual or beautiful. I don’t know! Any opinions on the prose style thus far?
There are times where I could completely agree with that, but mostly I was too lost in the story to notice. The thing I didn’t really like were the footnotes. There are less and less the further you get into the book, but in the beginning, they’re quite annoying and pulled me out of the story. Still, totally worth the read.
Oh, well that’s good to know, but it’s hard to predict if you’ll be immersed in the story. I do think I’ll keep this book in mind to try if I can find it at a library or secondhand! ^_^
YAAAASSSSSSS!!! Nevernight is one of my fave series ever.
I’ve just hopped on The Illuminae Files bandwagon, and am reading it right now. I was a little resistant at first because I wasn’t sure I’d like email formatting, etc., but I finally gave it a chance and got totally sucked in. This book does sound really good, too, I’m just not sure I want to give it a chance if it has long footnotes. Lol, I’m already out of my comfort zone reading Illuminae with its files and interviews, etc., that anything with long footnotes I know will just drive me insane. 😂 I’m brand new to the world of blogging, and am still trying to find my footing, but I love the idea of First Impression Friday! Can anyone participate and just link back to you? Looking forward to seeing more of your posts! 😊
Absolutely! Anyone and everyone is welcome to post. You don’t even HAVE to link back to me, but I appreciate it when you do
I definitely will, no worries! 😊
And welcome to the blogosphere!
Thank-you! 😊
I’ve just hopped on The Illuminae Files bandwagon, and am reading it right now. I was a little resistant at first because I wasn’t sure I’d like email formatting, etc., but I finally gave it a chance and got totally sucked in. This book does sound really good, too, I’m just not sure I want to give it a chance if it has long footnotes. Lol, I’m already out of my comfort zone reading Illuminae with its files and interviews, etc., that anything with long footnotes I know will just drive me insane. 😂 I’m brand new to the world of blogging and am still trying to find my footing, but I really like the idea of First Impression Friday’s! Can anyone participate and just link back to you? Looking forward to more of your posts! 😊